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Alsatian Woman majolica character jug by Onnaing model number 808. She is wearing her traditional dress braided hair and colorful bow representing the Alsace region of France serving as a symbol of the lost provinces of Alsace and Lorraine and the French people's desire to restore those regions to France. Germany ceded these regions back to France in the Treaty of Versailles in 1919.
Maker:
Onnaing
France
1900-1915
808
Model #:
Majolica
character jug
large
Size:
Height:
9 1/2"




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